Halloween, also known as All Hallow’s Eve, is one of my favorite holidays since I was a little child. Trick-or-treating, costume parties, carving pumpkins into jack-o’-lanterns, apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions, telling scary stories, and watching horror films are some of the many things you can do on the 31st of October!

But Halloween has recently become a date that it’s ok to wear a slutty costume and go parting. Most girls costume ideas follow the sexy route. Bunnies, cats and other fuzzy animals are the most popular. Not to mention the ‘sexy’version of every single professional such as nurses, police, fire-man, plumber etc.

 The 31st of October is all about horror, supernatural, dead, monsters etc. So I can’t understand why/when Bridezilla season finished and Slutty Cheer-Leader season began.

While researching for some costumes online, the only thing that shows up is ‘Sexy-blablabla’. I was just wondering… Where would it be appropriate to wear a Bay Watch Swimsuit? I mean, if you are going to a Halloween-orgy it’s fine to be a shiny sexy half-naked unicorn, but I don’t think the same thing applies for most party venues.

As a make-up artist I hate the desperate Halloween sexpot style, I like scary, funny and innovative. Of course, I understand most people don’t have the time/money to create a fabulous costume from scratch, but it’s ok to go lazy! Dead celebrities and film characters are always welcome (and easy to re-create!) 

Please a little more of creativity and a little less of ass!

Yesterday was the last night of Ebay Online Fashion Week and it was catwalk time!

The 4 fashion stylists that won the chance of styling their very own fashion show were Leanne Woodfull, Gavin Norton, Roisin Flanagan and Laura O Brien.

The whole show was incredible but I did not have any doubts of wich catwalk was my favorite: the menswear!

The only word tI found to describe the styling by Gavin Norton is: breath-taking. Resuming for you, while my catwalk video isn’t ready , imagine formal suits with baseball jackets cool shoes and a super hot blond “nerd-chic” model. I know you liked it!  

Leanne Woodfull has such a strong personal style that whenever I saw one of her outfits on the runaway I knew she had styled it! (mainly the one with the huge pink bow).

The venue chosen by Think House team was, again, perfect. A theater that used to be a church. The light coming trough the window was fabulous and the whole atmosphere was great.

Second day of Ebay Online Fashion Week was hosted by Darren Kennedy and the guests for the chat were Natalie B. Coleman (Irish Fashion Designer) and Andrea Byrne (Irish Fashion Journalist).

The first topic of the talk was “Selling on Ebay” and Andrea, a avid seller (with her mum’s help), gave some tips on how to sell and what sells better. I wasn’t impressed when she said the designer collaborations and higher level brands actually sell better but she didn’t put me off from selling my  ”crappy” pieces cause she sold some Penneys stuff herself!

Natalie B. Coleman resumed her carreer in few words (being really modest about her achievements all the time) but the most interesting talking was about her collections and the story she tells trough her garments, for example her top in wich we can read ” All the jewelry I’ve never got” that actually comes from the one moment when she was looking trough her mum’s jewelry that she got from her boyfriend and Natalie that never got any.

After the introductions the talk got a bit more serious  (but not less enjoyable and entertaining) with topics like ” how to set up your own online brand” “networking” and “being in the Fashion Industry in Ireland”.

Lots of questions came trough twitter from the hashtag “eBayOFW” but on the room we also could make questions and mine came on the very end of the program to Darren and Andrea that are bloggers ” how do you get people to follow you?”. The answer wasn’t different from others I’ve heard before, is all about getting out there, having a facebook page and being a self publicist, getting your name out there!

It was a great talk, but Am I famous now that I was featured on live stream online TV?

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Last thursday I went to the press launch of NCAD Fashion Show sponsored by Diet Coke. The event was basically a sneak-peak of the collections and the launch of two videos.

First of all, it was an honor to be among many irish  fashion talents, I was impressed with most of the designs I’ve seen.

The place was massive (the architecture reminded me of Turkey) and the two videos ‘Stitched Together’ and ‘What Is Fashion?’, were amazing. So many important figures of Irish Fashion were featured in there (such as Natalie B. Coleman, Brendan Courtney…) and everything they said was really honest.

One thing has to be said about Think House: This guys know how to organize amazing events. I’ve never been disappointed once with them!

The Fashion show will be on the 26 of May so if you are interested on the raising talents of Irish Fashion Industry this is definitely the place for you!

Last night I attended a private exhibition of “Bill Cunningham – New York” Movie on the Brook Hotel and I can’t describe how much I loved it!

From the start with the wine and the private room with fellow fashionistas to the end of the amazing documentary.

If you don’t know Bill Cunningham it is ok, he is only one of the first guys to do the “street-style” pics and nowadays he is this cute old man -in a blue jacket-  that still working a lot and riding his bicycle through new york registering the most amazing pieces.

He still uses a old school camera that requires development of the film to get the pictures (what is even cooler). All his friends are big names on the Art/Fashion scene and he is surely one of the most interesting figures I’ve ever seen.

That is even a moment on the documentary where he is on Paris Fashion Week’s Reception and the lady taking the people in doesn’t even care about him and then this “important” guy comes out of the building and he is like ” He is the most important person on the earth”. Well, he was working for the New York Times -one of the boggest publications in the world – with street style photography and I wasn’t even born yet, so I think it entitles him to be one of the most important names of the industry.

I highly recommend the movie, it is great fun!

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First of all I must say that last night was amazing. The building is great and people there were so stylish that I can not get over it! 

It was such a pleasure to hear the experience of people that got it right on the irish fashion industry. And absolutely inspiring to see how fashion fearless they are.

Opening the nigh Constance Harris mentioned a talk that she had with Jean Paul Gaultier ” Fashion is not fantasy is reality”, what I absolutely agree with. She also talked about the use of colors and mentioned that she was wearing black clothes because she needed a bit of strength to talk to us.

During her 7 minutes of talking she said so many smart things about recession/shopping and personal style but what really made me think was her last 30 seconds, she mentioned how important it is to people to honor their own fashion journeys because this is what make each person different. 

Aoibheann MacNamara make her 7 minutes a pure joy making everybody laugh of her stories but she said something that I truly believe,  personal style is made by your own experiences (on her -and mine- case, traveling is one of the biggest influences on her style). She also talked about about the necessity of people of styling their uniforms to express themselves, what is really interesting and completely true (look back to your school-era, no one wanted to use the uniform on the way it was supposed to be used!)

Ib Jorgensen entertained us all with all his histories as a designer and also made a statement saying that women should wear their personalities.

Straight after the interval Helen Steele an irish designer  - that I adore – talked about her work and how she was inspired. Regarding the “ Fashion Fearless” theme she mentioned her daughter and how much she believes in not raising an alienated child. Sustainability and wearable art were also topics of her conversation. 

Confidence and being different as an individual were Helen’s main points on “how to be fashion fearless”.

David McDermott enchanted everybody with his histories and amazing fraque. He started his talk saying that the blue jean destroyed fashion and later on explained that nowadays designers have to produce things that can be manufactured in big quantities and this is not possible when you want to do garments that are special.

Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh got my attention not only because of her name (that i could barely read) but also because she is a costumer designer and this is a profession that I would love to have myself. She talked about how she ended up being a costumer designer and about opportunities in terms of internships.

Brendan Courtney was the last speaker of the night and he went a bit further on his history as a bullied child that after bleaching the hair, getting a cool jacket and changing school became one of the popular guys. He also showed  me trough his fashion journey that you have to be highly honest about who you truly are to be confident.

As I mentioned before, last night was so inspirational, and I certainly can’t express all the knowledge I got by writing this post. But the one thing I have to say about this night is how much is enforced on my mind that self -knowledge and acceptance is the key for fashion fearlessness.

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As most of you probably know Better Fashion Week is happening this week in Dublin and this is an amazing opportunity to get together and have lots of fashion fun!

On Better Fashion Week Website  you can check the events you want to attend (and how to buy your tickets to it), there are so many nice things to see during this week that I can’t mention all of them, but I will be attending as press to register the best moments and eat all the fashion knowledge that will be offered during the events.

Starting today with the “Re-dress Saloon” with the theme Be Fashion Fearless. I didn’t even need to mention that I am already loving this event just because of the title! It seems to be a great opportunity to see what the leading irish sartorialists have to share about their views and fashion inspiration!

Themost important thing about the whole event is the idea of promoting and developing sustainable fashion on the Irish Fashion Industry. 

I think we all have lots to learn this week! Grab you notebook and come meet me for a chat on Better Fashion Week!

Thanks God it is Fridaaaay (and this is my friday 90′s outfit)!

Yesterday I attended the Diet Coke Jean Paul Gaultier Press Launch and it was amazing. Lovely to see friendly faces and get together with some fellow bloggers.

The new bottle is a-m-a-z-i-n-g and just by look at it you can say that it is designed by Jean Paul Gaultier because of the women “cosert-body”  right on the front of it! (it reminds me all his perfume bottles).

I can’t say how much I enjoyed the night! The whole atmosphere was amazing! On the door we got USB bracelets with all the press information and I think this was the coolest thing ever! 

I love the way Coca-Cola is getting together  with designers, this way they join my favorite things ever: Coke and Fashion.

Jean Paul Gaultier is one of my favorite designers ever, and using the Theme “Night-and-Day” he put together his love for sailors, corsets and tattoos all together on the amazing new edition of Diet Coke. And the photographer Stephane Sednaoui did an amazing job with the pics, they are funny and creative, a great campaign.

I am dying to see the oficial pictures! Hopefully me and A. looked good!

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Last Thursday night I was on the front row of Trinity College Fashion Show representing New Look. 

I have to say that it was much better than what I was expecting. The room were the catwalk took place was breath-taking, the models were super cute and the outfits were great! Do I need to mention that I loved the goodie-bags?

So fair play for the TCD Fashion Society!

I decided to record  instead of taking pictures, it is a much better way to give you a perspective of the show. This is the first time I’ve ever posted a video I did myself on the blog so please don’t be to harsh on me, and let me know what you think! (the quality is really poor because of youtube)

My outfit for the show was based on the Pyjama Trend featured on my last post. 

I know that everybody already talked about it but I just had the chance today, so you might read about the Get Glam Event here too!

Well starting the whole talking about the event, it was the press launch of the partnership of Diet Coke and Benefit. My first impression was: Amazing!

The Dylan hotel was perfect inside (congratulations ThinkHouse), spotless decoration! p.s.: I still want the giant Diet Coke Bottle to myself! It was so nice to see all the familiar blogger faces and get to know this amazing collection that is Get Glam!

I must say that everybody was stunning but I felt in love with James’ Outfit. The floral printed blazer just got my heart!

At the beginning I did not know what to wear but apparently my lime shorts were a completely success!

The 3 looks that Benefit created for Get Glam are  Bernadette “the romantic”, Irene ” The rock chick” and Eleanor ” The fashionista” were recreated by Benefit’s Head Make-up Artist Lisa Potter (that was wearing a amazing neon top) and I have to say they are gorgeous.

Not to mention that the special cans of Diet Coke for Get Glam are amazing and each one of them has a code under the lead that gives every 30 minutes a make-up gift box with the fashionista look! (register the code at cokezone.ie).  

On Get Glam is all about the lips and this is what I love most about the collection!

So you can imagine how happy I was when I put my hands on the goodie boxes!

Fairplay to Benefit and Diet Coke!